GM to Build and Sell New 2013 Chevrolet Malibu in Korea

General Motors is quite serious about selling its upcoming 2013 Chevrolet Malibu on a global scale. So serious, in fact, that the Detroit automaker is making plans to built the mid-size model on several continents. Today, GM revealed that will build and sell the redesigned Malibu sedan in Korea. We’ll remind you that earlier this year, GM Korea announced it is replacing the Daewoo nameplate with the Chevrolet brand for the local market. Read more »

Chevrolet Reveals 38-MPG 2013 Malibu ECO at New York Auto Show

Along with the standard version of the all-new 2013 Malibu, Chevrolet also introduced the ECO-flavored variant of its mid-size sedan at the New York Auto Show. The Malibu ECO returns a fuel consumption of 38 mpg (6.19 liters/km) on the highway and 26 mpg (9 liters/100 km) in the city, with Chevrolet boasting that it’s the most fuel-efficient midsize sedan in the company's 100 year-long history.

The new version features GM’s eAssist “light electrification” technology, which is the company’s way of saying it is a micro-hybrid car. The eAssist uses a lithium-ion battery and an electric motor-generator to enable regenerative braking electric assist and start-stop functionality.

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2013 Chevrolet Malibu Makes China Debut in Blue, will be Offered with a 1.6-liter Turbo

We’ve already brought you the first details and photos on the North American-spec 2013 Chevrolet Malibu ahead of its U.S. debut at the New York Auto Show, but for those of you wondering what GM has to offer buyers in other countries or how the firm’s new globally player looks in blue, we can answer some of your questions.

Starting from the engine range, GM revealed at the 2011 Shanghai Auto Show that the new Malibu will be offered with 10 different 4-cylinder and 6-cylinder units that run on gasoline, diesel or LPG fuel and will be linked to manual and automatic transmissions, depending on the market.

In China, GM said the new mid-size Chevy will be available at launch with two naturally-aspirated gasoline engine options, a 2.0-liter and a 2.4-liter, both linked to a 6-speed automatic transmission. The US automaker added that international versions of the Malibu will also get a 1.6-liter turbocharged gasoline unit, details of which will be released at a later date.

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2013 Chevrolet Malibu: First Official Details, Photos and Video, gets New 2.5-liter Four-Cylinder

In a simultaneous world premiere at the New York Auto Show in the States and the Shanghai Auto Show in China, General Motors will lift the curtain on its brand new 2013 Chevrolet Malibu, one of the firm’s most important models in years. The online debut of the brand’s new mid-size model comes on the same day that Chevrolet announced its best ever first-quarter results with 1.1 million sales worldwide.

What’s important about this generation of the Malibu is that Chevy’s mid-size saloon will become a global player, as GM plans to sell the car in nearly 100 countries across the world and build it in multiple locations, including China. The North American version will be manufactured at the Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas City, and at the Hamtramck factory in Detroit.

Redesigned from the ground up, the new Malibu sports a new exterior styling with lines and curves inspired from Chevy’s most recent models such as the Cruze up front and even the Camaro at the back with the LED dual-element taillamps.

“The exterior design of the all-new Malibu carries DNA from its sister vehicles, the Camaro and Corvette, to bring a sporty sensibility to the family sedan segment,” said Bryan Nesbitt, executive director for GM exterior design.

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Chevrolet Sells 1.1 Million Vehicles Worldwide in Q1 2011 Recording its Best First-Quarter Results Ever

Driven by the new Cruze sedan and the globalization of the Chevrolet name, sales of GM’s brand in the first three months of the year reached 1.1 million vehicles worldwide, which is the best first-quarter results in the company’s history. Compared to the first quarter of 2010, Chevrolet recorded a 15 percent increase in sales this year.

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2011 2012 Chevrolet Orlando Minivan live presented in Paris 2010

On the first day of the international automobile salon in Paris, 30 September 2010, the company Chevrolet showed just 4 premiere. One of the most striking was a completely new car in the line of Chevrolet - minivan Orlando.

Concept car, which was created on the basis of a new model was first shown here - in Paris in 2008. Serial machine will please future owners of the seven-seat interior, a practical and flexible "interior and" off-road "look.

The new car, on a plan the company's management should strengthen the position of the Chevrolet brand in Europe. "We believe that Orlando will bring fresh impetus to the class of the family mini-vans and help us to increase sales volume and level of presence in Europe, attracting more potential customers to the brand Chevrolet», - said Wayne Brannon, president and managing director of Chevrolet Europe .

Designs are applied when creating a Chevrolet Orlando, the car made a spectacular and enjoyable time. Fairly compact appearance combined with a spacious cabin. Low roofline Chevrolet Orlando supplemented extended wheel arches, under which can accommodate wheel sizes 16-18 inches. Three rows of seats arranged one above the other, forming a kind of amphitheater, which is surrounded by numerous capacities to store small things. However, when it comes to cargo, "theatricality" disappears: the seats fold down, and Salon Orlando partially transformed into a large boot (one of the largest in class). With regard to the front of the console, then it is arranged as comfortably as possible, ie equipped with a large container for small items, and is also equipped with audio system and USB-port for charging an MP3 or IPod.

Basis for Chevrolet Orlando were taken of development, which are already known to motorists who are familiar with the current "hit" Sales - Chevrolet Cruze. The latter is popular in many European countries due to ride, good handling and excellent design. According to these characteristics Chevrolet Orlando will not assign a dynamic colleague for the brand. Under the hood of the family minivan are planning to install three choices of engines to choose from: one petrol, the volume of 1.8 liters and 141 hp, and two-liter diesel engine (131hp and 163 hp). The standard equipment includes the Chevrolet Orlando: electronic stability control, six airbags, air conditioning, power mirrors.